The youngsters lost to England (75-0) on Wednesday and now must pick themselves up in time for tomorrow’s Welsh challenge.

Scotland team manager, Euan Kennedy, said: “We performed well for 25 minutes in the first-half against England and played the type of game we need the guys to play for the entire game. It’s up to us to build on the positives from that period and rise to the next challenge.

“Wales will be tough up front and are battle hardened through the strong Welsh under-18 league. They’re quite big but their defeat to Ireland (22-15) was relatively error strewn so we’re looking to cut the errors out of our game and capitalise on any made by the Welsh.”